自力
Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. one's own strength; one's own efforts
Noun
2. self-salvation
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
じりき
Used in vocabulary
自力更生
working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help
Noun
Examples11
アメリカ
America will solve her problems for herself.
昔
In the past, the boys were taught to fend for themselves while still very young.
彼
He is, what is called, a self-made man.
自力
My father told me to do so on my own.
フォード
Mr Ford is what is called a self-made man.
彼
He is what is called a self-made man.